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I was raised by conservative parents when it came to the great outdoors. We took a ton of family trips – including visiting every state on the East Coast by the time I was 15! When it came to outdoor activities, however, that was a different story. My family’s idea of camping was setting up a tent in our small backyard and having the luxury to run inside to use the bathroom.

I’ve always loved a good word. Accents, dialects and regional language differences* float my boat, too. So imagine my delight when I, a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, not only met and married an American, but emigrated to the USA to live with her. What larks!

Ever since I was an early-teen, I was very much into physical activity. From roller-blading and long-boarding, to yoga and pilates, to biking centuries and kickboxing–my love for physical activity and sports has evolved into a deeper appreciation for fitness and pushing my body to the limits of what it can do.

Chances are, if you spend the majority of your work day hanging out on a laptop, then you’re probably typing a whole lot. Text is increasingly favored over verbal communication, and for many of us, it’s the medium in which our craft manifests. The ubiquity of text-based communication has made honing our typing skills more relevant than ever.Read More

As a software developer, I spend a lot of my day sitting at a desk, fingers poised over a keyboard. For office workers like me, finding ways to incorporate exercise in your day is critical to protecting your ability to write clean code for years to come. This is the story of how I got started with powerlifting.

As a former high school teacher, I tend to think of the year in terms of the academic calendar. To me, January still feels like the middle of the year– just about the time I’d start to notice that there were some useful items I was running low on. If you happen to know a teacher, then check out this list of 8 simple things they could probably use right about now!

Bonus: You probably have a lot of these items already laying around your house!

If you’ve been reading the Wistia blog regularly for a few years now, there’s a chance that you remember a not-so-recent post I wrote about my love for Magic: the Gathering (the collectible card game). Well, I’m back to write about Magic yet again, but this time in a much more in-depth way. Fair warning: this is geared toward people familiar with playing the game of Magic, at least a little bit, so be forewarned!

Ah, that glorious feeling of getting your favorite video game to finally work again. It’s been caked with dust for years, but a few quick breaths on the cartridge, a little bit of tapping here and there and the spark of those fond memories rekindle.

When we want to vividly communicate an experience, we usually default to our strongest sense: sight. Visual images are excellent communicators of objective information. They instantly present what something is, but often fail to detail what that something is actually like in real life.

History is all about perspective – but what happens when you turn that perspective on its head?

Have you ever wondered what those unsung heroes were like? I’m talking about the folks that influenced some of the most notable figures in history today, ever so stealthily. You’ll discover that these brothers, mothers, cousins, neighbors, and friends all had stories of their own.

Biking on the mean streets of Boston can, understandably, be a terrifying experience as a new cyclist. It’s frightening enough as a driver or pedestrian; subtract some armor and add some speed, and you’ve got what feels like a recipe for smashed limbs and utter disaster. I’ve felt your feelings! But I’ve been biking in Boston for about 8 years now, and it’s hard for me to imagine life without a two-wheeled companion to get me around town.

Do you remember the winter we had last year in Boston? I’m still scarred by it myself. If you lived in New England in 2014, chances are, you are, too. In case you forgot just what went down, let me remind you.